Right, so I pretty much abandoned this lil corner of the interwebs a long time ago. Will I boot it back up again? Perhaps, I've said I would plenty of times. Until then, you can still find me elsewhere online (if you care to do so): MySpace : Facebook : Twitter : Flickr : Tumblr
MP3 Steve Earle - "Way Down in the Hole" (Tom Waits cover) Apologies for the unofficial hiatus here @ The Big Ticket. Weddings, birthdays & shows galore have come & gone, and yet Keith Olbermann has remained atop the page. Ugh. Anyway, here's a teaser for the 5th & final season of HBO's The Wire , whose way-too-good-for-the-Emmys 4th season DVD will be in stores December 4th. Season 5 premieres on HBO January 6th, 2008. The theme song, performed this [...]
MP3 Steve Earle - "Way Down in the Hole" (Tom Waits cover) Apologies for the unofficial hiatus here @ The Big Ticket. Weddings, birthdays & shows galore have come & gone, and yet Keith Olbermann has remained atop the page. Ugh. Anyway, here's a teaser for the 5th & final season of HBO's The Wire , whose way-too-good-for-the-Emmys 4th season DVD will be in stores December 4th. Season 5 premieres on HBO January 6th, 2008. The theme song, performed this [...]
Keith Olbermann's latest special comment re: Libby pardon commutation is a must-see, as per usual. Video also downloadable @ Crooks & Liars . Happy 4th, y'all.
Keith Olbermann's latest special comment re: Libby pardon commutation is a must-see, as per usual. Video also downloadable @ Crooks & Liars . Happy 4th, y'all.
While my favorite band may be defunct for now (though offshoot Sam Champion is likely on the rise ), I finally uploaded this old recording of them to YouTube ... RANA @ CBGB, New York, NY, 6/14/02 Good Book, Remember My Address, Not So Mopso, Skin and Bone, Ghetto Queen*, My One Dear Son, Sad and Lonesome, For Some Time, Carbombed Again, I'm Not Orfeo, It's So Hard (Believe Me), Loves It Automatic, I'm Comin' Correct, Bye Bye Love**, Bought and Sold***, Tampa in the Rain***, I Wanna Rock****, [...]
While my favorite band may be defunct for now (though offshoot Sam Champion is likely on the rise ), I finally uploaded this old recording of them to YouTube ... RANA @ CBGB, New York, NY, 6/14/02 Good Book, Remember My Address, Not So Mopso, Skin and Bone, Ghetto Queen*, My One Dear Son, Sad and Lonesome, For Some Time, Carbombed Again, I'm Not Orfeo, It's So Hard (Believe Me), Loves It Automatic, I'm Comin' Correct, Bye Bye Love**, Bought and Sold***, Tampa in the Rain***, I Wanna Rock****, [...]

It's been almost three months since I began writing this post, which was to commemorate the third blogiversary here @ The Big Ticket (previous years' posts: 2005 & 2006 ), but the ensuing craziness that has come with moving into a new apartment this month (COUGARS!) & the delay in getting proper internets set up there has kept me from actually getting around to finishing it. But today is the day, it has to be. So let's celebrate! MP3 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Birthday Party" [...]

It's been almost three months since I began writing this post, which was to commemorate the third blogiversary here @ The Big Ticket (previous years' posts: 2005 & 2006 ), but the ensuing craziness that has come with moving into a new apartment this month (COUGARS!) & the delay in getting proper internets set up there has kept me from actually getting around to finishing it. But today is the day, it has to be. So let's celebrate! MP3 Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five - "The Birthday Party" [...]

MP3 Feist - "I Feel It All" From Feist 's fabulous forthcoming full-length, The Reminder , scheduled to be released on May 1st. More info @ All Things Feist . MP3 MC/VL - "Cold Check It!" via The Current From local throwbacks (and friends-of-blog) MC/VL 's debut STANCE , available now at Twin Cities' finer independent music stores . On [...]

MP3 Feist - "I Feel It All" From Feist 's fabulous forthcoming full-length, The Reminder , scheduled to be released on May 1st. More info @ All Things Feist . MP3 MC/VL - "Cold Check It!" via The Current From local throwbacks (and friends-of-blog) MC/VL 's debut STANCE , available now at Twin Cities' finer independent music stores . On [...]
From the Channel 101 team & media mogul Jack Black comes Acceptable.TV , coming March 23rd to VH1 (in case you hadn't heard): BTW: New 101 eps are now up, with swears & everything.
From the Channel 101 team & media mogul Jack Black comes Acceptable.TV , coming March 23rd to VH1 (in case you hadn't heard): BTW: New 101 eps are now up, with swears & everything.
In case you missed it, here's KO's latest special comment from earlier this week, re: Condi Rice's false comparison between Iraq & WWII (video via Crooks & Liars ).
In case you missed it, here's KO's latest special comment from earlier this week, re: Condi Rice's false comparison between Iraq & WWII (video via Crooks & Liars ).

M4A BigTix06 [128 kbps / 75.2mb / running time: 79:55 min] LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends" The Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" Andrew Bird - "Dark Matter" Low - " Breaker " ( MP3 via Sub Pop ) The God Damn Doo Wop Band - "Jonny" The Long Blondes - " Giddy Stratospheres " ( YouTube ) Deerhoof [...]

M4A BigTix07 [128 kbps / 75.2mb / running time: 79:55 min] LCD Soundsystem - "All My Friends" The Arcade Fire - "Keep The Car Running" ( MP3 via Pitchfork ) Andrew Bird - "Dark Matter" Low - " Breaker " ( MP3 via Sub Pop ) The God Damn Doo Wop Band - "Jonny" The Long Blondes - " [...]
Keith Olbermann scores another pair of KO's with his latest special comments, about President Bush's Wednesday nite speech and its call for "sacrifice." Both videos are available for download via Crooks & Liars , as per usual.
Keith Olbermann scores another pair of KO's with his latest special comments, about President Bush's Wednesday nite speech and its call for "sacrifice." Both videos are available for download via Crooks & Liars , as per usual.
M4A Yeah, That's The Ticket! 2K6 [128 kbps / 75.5mb / 79:52 min] Junior Boys - "So This is Goodbye" Hot Chip - "Over & Over" Cansei de Ser Sexy - "Alala" Gnarls Barkley - "Transformer" The Knife - "Silent Shout" The Strokes - "You Only Live Once" Camera Obscura - "Hey Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken" Lily Allen - "Everything's Just Wonderful" Belle & Sebastian - "We Are The Sleepyheads" M. Ward - "Chinese Translation" Beirut - "Postcards From Italy" Love is All - "Felt [...]